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#93 Science, sound experimentation and St Patrick's Day Wed 12th Mar 2014

Science, sound experimentation and St Patrick's Day

Want to walk on fire and raise money for charity? How about being musically transported back to the dizzying heights of nought-ies indie music? Maybe you're just looking to find out more about South American capybaras? We can tell you about all the above, and more, in this week's Oxcast!

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Events featured in this episode

Crystals: Beauty, Science, Structure
Cézanne and the Modern
Hannah Rickards
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Charity Fire Walk

Holi - festival of colours @ tree hotel iffley
Audiograft // Sonic Catering Band / Gordon Monahan / Marianthi Papalexandri
Audiograft // Patrick McGinley & Felicity Ford, Liminal + more
Audiograft // Elainie Lillios // Jos Zwaanenburg
Audiograft / Jerome Noetinger & Lionel Marchetti + More.
Holi festival of colours
Maximo Park, Teleman
Nathaniel Mann, Dead Rat Orchestra
Roelof Louw: Project Space
Rich McMahon
Audiograft
The Donut Kings live at the Jericho Tavern
Mermaid
Writing As Occupation
Red Ceilidh
Crystals, naturally!
The Secret Mathematicians
Gravity [12A] (2D)
Capybara Construction
Crystals Day: Patterns from Atoms
Wilfred Bagshaw House of Wonder

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